Reese Witherspoon chose First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston as her monthly book club pick.
Archives for January 2024
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Namrata Tripathi has been promoted to president and publisher at Kokila.
Germany’s Buchreport Shuts Down; Spiegel Finds New Source for Bestseller List
After parent company Harenberg filed for bankruptcy in December, it ceased operations at the beginning of January, taking German book industry magazine Buchreport with it. The magazine notes, “Buchreport no longer provides you and the book industry with news, analyzes and statistics, bestseller lists and best practices, and no longer offers a look over the fence at other book markets and general developments that also influence this particular industry. Maybe you will miss one or two things?” Buchreport had compiled bestseller lists for Der Spiegel news magazine since 1971. In a separate release, Spiegel announced that their bestseller lists will […]
The New Bestsellers of 2023
As always, backlist titles dominated the top-selling books of last year. Of the top 200 books on Circana Bookscan through December 23, 2023 (their week 51, so nearly final)—including paperbacks and new editions—142 were more than a year old, in line with the roughly 70 percent of all print unit sales comprised by backlist titles. Classics such as The Outsiders and 1984 and perennial kids favorites from Eric Carle and Sandra Boynton took their spots on the list, as did books with big media tie-ins (which have been bestsellers in their own right): Killers of the Flower Moon, Daisy Jones […]
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At Dutton, Isabel DaSilva has been promoted to senior marketing manager. Grace Layer has been promoted to associate editor.